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The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Thursday named an 18-member squad for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Rashid Khan, 22, will lead the team in the main event starting next month and batsman Mohammad Shahzad, who was dropped from the squad midway through the 2019 World Cup due to injury, returns to the Afghanistan team.
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ACB announced the team on its official Twitter account. Senior player Asghar Afghan and all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will make their presence count in the team and will also play a vital role in taking the team to a new height.
Gulbadin Naib, who led the team at the 2019 World Cup, will again be the main player along with Mujeeb Ur Rahman and player Qais Ahmad will complement captain Rashid Khan in the UAE’s return.
Aside from the 18 members, goalkeeper Afsar Zazai and non-international player Farid Ahmad Malik have been named reserve players for the team.
There has been a lot of tension in the country since the Taliban militant organization seized power and control of Ashraf Ghani’s government. The future of cricket in the country looks bleak with reports suggesting women will not be allowed to take part in cricket, also threatening the Test match against Australia in November.
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Cricket Australia said in a statement that they should cancel Test matches if women are banned from participating in the country.
Afghanistan will play their first game against the group B champions of the qualifying phase on October 25 in Sharjah.
Afghanistan ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Rashid Khan (Captain), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Shahzad (WK), Mujeeb Ur Rahman , Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hamid Hassan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Qais Ahmad.
Afghanistan national cricket team squad for the T20 World Cup 2021. pic.twitter.com/exlMQ10EQx — Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) September 9, 2021
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SMP vs LKK Dream11 Match Day Prediction, Dream11 Today Squad, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Launch Report, Injury Update: TNPL 2023 Match 24 They Say Sports Know No Borders And As Such Cricket it has crossed the icy Hind Kush mountains and reached Afghanistan in the mid-19th century. Records say that the first cricket match was played in Afghanistan in 1839, but Cricket did not immediately develop in the country. It wasn’t until the 1990s that cricket became popular among Afghan refugees in Pakistan, who caught up in the gambling fever.
The Afghanistan Cricket Federation was formed in 1995 by Afghan refugees in Pakistan. When the refugees returned home in 2001, they took a new love for the game and continued to play cricket in Afghanistan, as it was the only sport not banned by the Taliban in the country. In 2001, the Afghanistan Cricket Federation became part of the ICC, when it was elected as an affiliate member. Thus, Afghanistan began their long journey to achieve ODI and Test status.
He started out by playing in second tier and regional tournaments in Pakistan. In 2004, he began to participate in Asian regional tournaments. In 2006, he went to England, played against the second tier eleven of the national team and won 6 out of 7 games. In 2008, they started winning lower ranking tournaments and in the same year they started their 2011 World Cup qualifying campaign. However, they failed to advance to the World Cup, but their efforts paid off as they finally got ODI status in 2009.
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The first ODI played by the Afghanistan Cricket team came against Scotland in the fifth World Cup Qualifier playoff and they won by 89 runs. They then went on to win the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup in the United Arab Emirates. In 2010 Afghanistan played their first Twenty20 International against Ireland but lost the game by 5 wickets. He then qualified for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, his greatest achievement to date. Considering that the team started playing cricket in their country a decade ago, this is quite an achievement. However, the performance in this tournament was quite poor. But Afghan Cricket is on the rise and the team is not deterred by the end result. They regrouped and won the ACC Trophy Elite Tournament. He even won silver at the 2010 Asian Games in China. Since then, Afghanistan has risen rapidly, breaking into the top ten of the ICC ODI rankings for the first time in 2015.
2015 was a memorable year for the Afghanistan National Cricket Team as they competed in the ICC World Cup for the first time. Their first opponent was Bangladesh and they lost the game by 105 runs. Afghanistan won only one of their World Cup matches, a wicket win against Scotland and they were knocked out of the tournament in the first round. Despite the loss though, the World Cup has been an amazing experience for the team as they have gone from playing cricket in refugee camps in Pakistan to playing against some of the best teams in the world. This is a great achievement for the country and its battle-hardened players.
After gaining valuable World Cup experience, the Afghanistan cricket team continues its development. In 2017, the ICC awarded first-class status to Afghanistan’s four-day national competition.
The Afghanistan cricket team does not have a home base in the country as, for security reasons, home matches are not played in their country. So, they use different stadiums in Asia as their playing field on different occasions. In 2016, the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida, India was used as the Afghanistan headquarters.
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On June 14, 2018, Afghanistan played their first test match against India in Bangalore but lost the match. Afghanistan have played 101 ODIs since 2009 and have won 53. Their Twenty20 record is even better – they have won 46 of the 68 games they have played so far.
Mohammad Nabi is the highest run-scorer in ODIs, with 2,301 runs at an average of 29.12. Nabi is also the biggest wicket-taker, taking 109 wickets at an average of 31.16. Afghanistan’s highest singles ODI score is 131*, scored by Mohammad Shahzad against Zimbabwe. The best ODI bowling figure is rising superstar Rashid Khan, who finished with figures of 7/18 against the West Indies in 2017.
The Afghanistan national cricket team is currently managed by Asghar Afghan who has played 86 ODIs and 51 T20Is for Afghanistan. He is a right-handed hitter and a right-arm, middle-arm fastballer. Afghanistan Skipper is one of many fine players in the team, which also includes Rahmat Shah, a right-handed batsman, who bowls with a broken leg and right arm and has played 45 ODIs for his country. Afghan goalkeeper Mohammad Shahzad is a veteran who also has an eye for the spectacular on and off the pitch. He has played 69 ODIs and 60 T20Is for Afghanistan and has reached 4 ODI Centuries and 1 T20I Century so far. He is also the second best runner in Afghanistan after Mohammad Nabi. Nabi is another talented player in the team and is the most experienced Afghan cricketer today, with 98 ODIs and 60 T20Is to his name.
But there is no denying that the real star of this team is Rashid Khan. The man who set the IPL on fire is relatively new to the circuit, but he is an excellent spinner and skilled puncher in the T20 game. He has played 46 ODIs since his debut in 2015 and has taken 105 wickets. To put it in perspective, he doesn’t turn 20 until September 20 of this year!
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